Tambourine



l. LEVY.

TAMBOURINE.

APPLICATION man APR. I6, 1920.

1 3 50, 975-. Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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TAMBOURINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Application filed April 16, 1920. Serial No. 374,366.

'1 b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Tsnion LEVY, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of. New York, have invented a new andImproved Tambourine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in musicalinstruments, and it pertains more particularly to instruments commonlyknown as tambourines.

It is one of the primary objects of the present invention to soconstruct a tambourine as to materially reduce the cost of itsmanufacture.

It is another object of the invention to so construct a device of thischaracter as to render the same more durable than tambourines ascommonly constructed.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a tambourineconstructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 5designates the head of the tambourine, and 6 represents the flange orrim.

In constructing a tambourine in accordance with the present invention, asingle piece of metal is employed to form the body portion, and saidmetal is put through the necessary operations to form the head 5 withthe integral flange 6, defining the marginal edge of the head. Thedefining edge of the flange 6 is preferably provided with a bead orturned over portion 7 in order to materiall strengthen the edge, as wellas to provide a finish therefor. The flange is provided preferably atequi-distantly spaced points, with cut-out portions 8. These cutoutportions 8 have their side edges spaced from the side edges of theflange 6, and suitably secured within the side edges of the flange aretransverse posts 9. These posts 9 may be set in recesses 10, formed inthe flange and secured therein by means of solder or the like 11. Theseposts 9 form the means by which the jingles or soundproducing elements12 are mounted within the cut-out portions 8. These jingles 12 arecentrally perforated, as at 13, to receive the posts 9.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the presentinvention provides a tambourine in which owing to the fact that allparts are constructed of metal, an economical and durable device isproduced, thus making the article especially suitable for use as a cheapand lasting amusement device.

Claims:

1. A tambourine comprising a main body portion, an integral flangedefining one of the edges of said body portion and provided with aplurality of cut-out portions, and sound-producing elements mounted insaid cut-out portions.

2. A tambourine comprising a body portion and a flange formed from asingle piece of sheet metal. said flange being provided atequi-distantly spaced intervals with cutout portions and sound-producingelements loosely mounted in the cut-out portions of the flange.

3. A tambourine comprising a body portion formed of sheet metal havingan integral annular flange defining its marginal edge and provided witha plurality of cutout portions, rigid rods rigidly secured to the flangein the cut-out portions, and. a plurality of sound-producing disksreciprocatively mounted in the cut-out portions on said rigid rods.

ISIDUR LEVY.

